AFA of PA ACTION ALERT July 2, 2013 Issue Thank Representative Daryl Metcalfe Details As you know last week the United States Supreme Court (SCOTUS) struck down Section 3 of the federal Defense of Marriage Act . That action in itself shows the danger of simply having a law in place instead of a constitutional […]

Pennsylvania’s Marriage Protection Amendment, HB 1434, continues sitting in the House State Government Committee because House Majority Floor Leader Mike Turzai will not give Committee Chairman Daryl Metcalfe a guarantee that he will allow HB 1434 to come to a vote before the full House. Representative Metcalfe is sure he has the votes to get it out of committee, although homosexual activists have increased their attacks on committee members trying to get them to vote against it.

On May 2, 2011 State Representative Daryl Metcalfe introduced HB 1434 Pennsylvania’s Marriage Protection Amendment (MPA). It has been in limbo since that time because Majority Floor Leader Mike Turzai has refused to guarantee a vote in the House once the bill passes in the House State Government Committee. We need to send a message to Representative Turzai and other members of the State House!

On May 3rd Representative Daryl Metcalfe (R-Cranberry Township) introduced HB 1434 — the PA Marriage Protection Amendment (MPA). Since that time it has sat in the House State Government Committee of which Representative Metcalfe is the chair. He has not moved the bill forward simply because he has no guarantee that the Majority Floor Leader Mike Turzai will allow the bill to come up for a vote when it passes out of the State Government Committee.

Today State Representative Daryl Metcalfe (R-Butler) introduced a strong Marriage Protection Amendment (MPA). HB 1434 will not only protect one man one woman marriage, but will ban counterfeit marriage i.e. civil unions and state domestic partnerships. The American Family Association of Pennsylvania (AFA of PA), a statewide pro-family group, strongly supports the introduction of this amendment.